Hog-trough.



Patented Apr. 8, I902.

F. B. DAVIS.

HOG TBOUGH.

(Application filed Jan. 7, 1902 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

Patented Ap r. 8, I902.

F. B. DAVIS.

HOG THOUGH.

(Appiication filed Jan. 7, 1902.)

2 Sheets-sheaf 2,

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFIcn;

FRANK B. DAVIS, OF AUDUBON, IOW'A.

HOG-THOUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,239, dated April 8, 1902.

Application filed January 7,1902. Serial No. 88,745. (No model.)

to cattle, to facilitate cleaning the trough, and

adj usting-fenders and a roof to serve as a crib for hay.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as

hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the adjustable parts in position for simultanezo ously feeding hogs from the trough and cat- .tle from the crib. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view that shows the mating adjustable parts of theroof and the adjustable fenders in position as required to serve as a crib adapted for retaining hay above the trough.

Dotted lines indicate the adjustable parts of the roof in position as required to serve as a roof for the trough and also when folded downward for directing feed into the trough.

Dotted lines also indicate how the crib and roof may be elevated at one side of the trough, as required to gain access to the trough for the purpose of cleaning it whenever necessary. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the structure and shows the mating adjustable parts of the roof, connected at their top edges, and the adjustable portions of the hay-crib in position relative to the trough, as required to serve as fenders and preventing hogs from crowding each other while feeding.

The numerals 10 and 11 designate straight boards of uniform size that serve as thebase of the structure and also as the ends of the trough, composed of a flat bottom 13 and mating sides 14 and 15, fixed to the ends 10 and 11 and to the bottom 13 by means of screws or in any suitable way as required to produce water-tight joints. End supports for the adjustable parts of the roof, the hay-crib, and the fenders are composed of boards fixed to corner-uprights 16 on their outsides and cleats 17 on their insides, and two of the uprights are pivoted to the end portions of the basepieces 10 and 11 by means of bolts 01' in any suitable way, so that they can be swung upward and rearward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and as required to facilitate removing refuse matter from the trough whenever desired. The lower ends of the cleats 17 extend down inside of the base-pieces 10 and 11 and in combination with the lower ends of the corner-uprights 16, and the ends of said base-pieces serve as a means for producing a hinged connection with the adj ustable end supports of the roof, crib, and fenders. Bolts 18, extended through coinciding bores in the parts 10 and 11, uprights 16, and cleats 17, hinge these parts together, as required for practical use, and pins 19, extended through coinciding bores in the ends of the base-pieces and the uprights 16 at the front corners, serve as a means for retaining the hinged end supports locked to the base.

To the inside faces of the end supports are fixed tapering blocks 20, that serve as feet to rest upon the bottom of the trough, as shown in Fig. 2, and also serve as means for permanently fixing boards 21 thereto, and thereby rigidly connecting the two hinged end supports to which the adjustable parts of the roof, the crib, and the fenders are attached. They also serve as guards to prevent hogs from getting into the trough and for direct ing food into the center of the trough when thrown or poured in from above.

Fixed fenders, composed of straight bars 22 and short bars 23, fixed thereto at their lower ends and to the top edges of the fixed boards 21, form a detachable connection with the sides 14 and 15 of the trough when the hinged end supports are in their normal perpendicular positions and serve as braces and also in combination with adjustable fenders, as required, to keep hogs separated when feeding from the trough.

Rigid fenders, composed of parallel side pieces 24 and 25 and a plurality of fixed crosspieces 26, are permanently and adjustably connected with the upright ends of the hinged supports by means of pivots 27 on the ends of the side pieces 24, that extend through inclined slots 28 in the upright ends of the supports. The pivots are preferably made of metal and fixed to the ends of the side pieces 24. Metal collars 29 are placed loosely on the pivots to partially cover the slots and to aid in adjusting the rigid fenders for use in forming a crib over the trough by turning them up, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to serve as racks for retaining and feeding hay to cattle. The cross-pieces 26 are fixed to the opposite edges of the parallel side pieces, and when the fenders are in use as a part of a hay-cribthe ends of the pieces 25 rest against stops 30, fixed to the top portions of the cleats 17, and the pivots 27 rest in the bottoms of the inclined slots 28, and when they are in use as fenders the cross-pieces 26 rest against the top edges of the sides of the trough, and the pivots then rest in the tops of the slots and the bars 22 of the permanently-fixed fenders at the sides and above the trough, as shown in Fig. 3. It is obvious the inclined slots are essential in thus shifting the fenders and utilizing them for two distinct purposes Without detaching them.

To change the positions of the adjustable fenders from their positions for use as hayracks, as shown in Fig. 2, to the positions required for use as fenders in front of the trough, the roof-sections 31 and 32 are first turned inward, so the fenders can be lifted to change their centers of motionfrom the lower parts of the inclined slots 28 and then swing downward into position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Roof-sections 31 and 32 are pivotally connected with the ends of the structure, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in such a manner that they can incline inward to be connected at their free edges to serve as a roof over the trough or incline outward to serve as a portion of a hay-rick.

. To lower the adjustable fenders from their elevated positions when in use as portions of a hay-rick, it is only necessary to elevate them so as to clear the ends of their bars 25 from the fixed stops 30 and then swing them outward and downward, so that the bars 25 will overlie the outside top edge portions of the trough.

' persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, and

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a hog-trough, supports for adjustable fenders composed of boards fixed to uprights that project down over the ends of the trough, fenders adjustably connected with the supports, cleats fixed to the inside faces of the ends of the boards and the uprights and cleats jointly hinged to the fixed ends of the trough at one side of the trough and the uprights and cleats detachably fixed to the fixed ends at the other side of the trough as shown and described for the purposes stated.

2. In combination with a hog-trough, supports for adjustable fenders hinged to the fixed ends of the trough and provided with slots for the reception of pivots on the ends of fenders, stops fixed to the inside faces of the supports to engage fenders and rigid fenders composed of parallel side-pieces and fixed cross-pieces and pivots at the ends of the fenders adapted to extend through and traverse said slots, as shown and described for the purposes stated.

3. In combination with a hog-trough, supports for adjustable fenders hinged to the fixed ends of the trough and provided with slots for the reception of pivots on the ends of fenders, stops fixed to the inside faces of the supports to engage fenders and rigid fenders composed of parallel side pieces and fixed cross-pieces and pivots at the ends of the fenders adapted to extend through and traverse said slots and solid roof-sections hinged to the supports above the slots to fold together to produce a roof and also to fold upward and downward relative to the trough as shown and described for the purposes stated.

4. In combination with a hog-trough, supports for adjustable roof-sections and adj ust able fenders, adjustable roof sections, ad-

justable fenders, tapering blocks fixed to the inside faces of said supports to rest on the trough, boards fixed to the tops of the blocks, fenders composed of straight bars and short bars fixed thereto and to the top edges of said fixed boards to engage the top edges of the sides of the trough, as shown and described for the purposes stated.

5. A hog-trough and hay-rick comprising a trough having supports for roof-sections and fenders hinged to the ends of the trough, slots in said hinged supports for pivots on the ends of fenders and stops at their tops to engage fenders, fenders composed of parallel side pieces and fixed cross-bars and fixed pivots, roof-sections hinged to the supports, tapering blocks fixed to the inside faces of the supports, boards fixed to the edges of the blocks and fenders fixed to said boards and the top edges of the sides of the trough, all arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

FRANK B. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

J. M. GRAHAM, J. M. FULTON. 

